File photo Young Chinese and South Asian men who have sex with men are being sought to take part in a study about life in Auckland. The New Zealand AIDS Foundation is funding the research into the largest group of gay Asian people living in New Zealand's biggest city. It's being run by researchers at the SHORE and Whāriki Research Centre and the School of Nursing at Massey University. They say they are interested in interviewing people about their family and culture, lifestyle in Auckland, social lives and relationships, sexual identity and condom use. Participants would need to be willing to have a one hour interview, and will receive a $30 grocery voucher as a thank you. They need to identify as Chinese or South Asian, be under 30 and able to read and speak English. It doesn't matter whether they were born in New Zealand or overseas. All information will be kept confidential and real names will not be used anywhere. Researcher contacts are below, and participants can choose who they would like to conduct their interview: Ivan Yeo Phone/text: 021 423 697 or call 0800 271 768 Gay Chinese Malaysian man. Been in New Zealand since 2001. Speaks English, Mandarin and Cantonese. Jitesh Prasad Phone/text: 021 423759 or call 0800 271 769 Bisexual man. Indian, Fijian born. Speaks English and Hindi Stephen Neville Phone/text: 021 666 919 Email:s.j.neville@massey.ac.nz Gay man. NZ European. Speaks English. Jeff Adams Phone: 0800 854 120 Text: 021 645 213 Email:j.b.adams@massey.ac.nz Gay man. NZ born; NZ European and Anglo-Indian enthnicity. Speaks English.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Sunday, 27th October 2013 - 8:03am